Word: lisa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...machine, which weighs only 20 Ibs. and can be carried in a tan tote bag, has many of the features Apple introduced in January 1983 with its Lisa computer. It uses a "mouse," a pointing device the size of a stick of butter, that permits users to give commands to the computer with just a push of a button. Like Lisa, Mac relies heavily on symbols and pictures on the screen to help people conquer computer phobia. But unlike the more expensive Lisa, Mac cannot swap information between different programs...
Apple hopes that Mac will differ from Lisa in one important way: popularity. While Lisa was touted last year as a technological marvel, it has been a market dud. The company hoped to sell 50,000 in 1983, but sold fewer than 20,000. The main criticism of Lisa was its $10,000 price...
...project coincided with a period of byzantine office politics inside the young company. Apple co-founder Steven Jobs, at the time a vice president, wanted to head the development of the Lisa program, but Apple President Michael Scott and Marketing Boss...
...other three committee members were Lisa Anderson, assistant professor of Government and Social Studies, Sidney Verba '53, associate dean of the Faculty and a senior Government faculty member, and James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government...
...within spitting distance of Broadway, her new comedy is showing the theatrical old guard how to be young, hip and acerbic without forfeiting involvement in affairs of the heart. Isn't It Romantic examines the lives of two old college chums-Janie Blumberg (Cristine Rose) and Hattie Cornwall (Lisa Banes)-as they approach their 30s and the dangerous prospect of a life without either Mamma or mate...